"legacy" players and the few Juco level players he had assembled before he left played damn hard for Cohen....
When you are putting College Juniors and Seniors who have high school level talent on the field against College Soph(o)mores and Juniors who have more talent that most Professional Minor League players, you can play as hard as you want, but you ain't gonna win.
This team may struggle some this year, but dang, it will be made up of 7 to 8 position starters who are Freshmen, Red-shirt Freshmen or Soph(o)mores.
I will predict a 35 win season, probably around 15-15, or 14-16 in League play. Compared to the cluster-17 going on in the basketball court, that will be a remarkable achievement.